June 2010

Portuguese Round 4.14 ct Probably Nigerian

Traditional Portuguese Round 9.7 mm
Faceting by Stevo
Photography by Stevo


This is cut from a piece of rough that I aquired from an older cutter who was getting rid of some inventory.

I bought some tourmaline and a really nice piece of Andalusite that is still waiting for it's turn.

The stone does have some needle like inclusions as you can see from the picture, but they are all but invisible to the naked eye and the color makes up for the inclusions.

It is a really pretty stone, but I am probably more proud that I was able to get a nice image that shows the stone off!